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NATURAL GAS

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 274 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NATURAL

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GAS  , the name given to the inflammable
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gas occur-
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ring in petroliferous formations . It consists mainly of hydro-carbons of the
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paraffin
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series, principally
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marsh gas, which constitutes from 5o to 90 % of the Pennsylvanian gas . Members of the
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olefine series are also
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present, especially in the gas of
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Baku . Varying amounts of
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carbon dioxide, sometimes as much as ro% or more, and small quantities of carbon monoxide,
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nitrogen,
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hydrogen and
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oxygen are also found . For particulars of the
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geological occurrence, and the collection and
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distribution, of natural gas, see
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PETROLEUM .

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